Not every Blur song was built around catchy hooks and chart success. Featured on 13 in 1999, “B.L.U.R.E.M.I.” reflected the band's increasingly experimental direction, blending noise, distortion and fragmented melodies as they pushed further away from the sound that had defined their Britpop years.
Joy Divisionファンを公言してるはずのジムが昔のテレビでこう言ってた理由がずっと謎だったけど、左の司会者の人はJoy Division信者だから発言には気をつけてクレメンスと事前に番組側から釘を刺されてたことに対する反発だった(後にこの映像が有名になるとか想像もしてなかった)ってのが真相らしい
Often overshadowed by the band’s bigger singles, The La’s gave “Looking Glass” a loose, melodic feel live on stage, a track from their 1990 debut that reflected the raw songwriting at the heart of the band.